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Eco-Schools USA Climate Change Connections

Best for students in grades 9-12


NAAEE Guidelines for K12 Global Climate Change Education

Developed in partnership between NAAEE and NWF these guidelines serve as a tool for teachers to better understand how to teach about climate change at the appropriate cognitive and emotional level of their students.


STEM: Good Jobs Now and in the Future


Curriculum Overview

Along with an overview of the curriculum, you will find links to the National Science Education Standards, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, and the National Educational Technology Standards.  The lesson summaries as well as recommendations for teaching can be located in the curriculum overview along with information regarding the use of science notebooks and strategies for cross-curricular teaching.


Best Practice

>>Action Words

>>Bloom's Digital Taxonomy

>>How to Create A Scientific Drawing

>>Inquiry Primer

>>Promoting Vocabulary Development


Rubrics

>>Assessing Foldables® and Graphic Organizers

>>Evidence of Learning - Science Notebooks

>>Student Reading Assessment

Eco-Schools USA Partner 

Green Ribbon Schools

For examples of other activities, check out these suggested actions from the Texas Green Ribbon Schools that align with our pathways.  Activities under the Texas Green Ribbon program can be used for meeting many of the Eco-Schools USA seven step requirements!

Eco-Schools Partner
Climate Initiative
"World’s local bank" and Eco-Schools empower students to tackle carbon emissions at school.